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The number of people who visited attractions in the United Kingdom increased by 7.3 percent in 2017, according to new figures released today.

Attractions London saw an increase of 1.2 percent vs. 0.1 percent in 2016, according to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions.

Overall, 129,954,657 visits were made to the top 238 ALVA sites in all of the U.K.

The top 10 most visited sites were in London, with 64,270,071 people visiting the city’s attraction. That is almost the equivalent of the total population of the country.

The British Museum was the most popular attraction overall for the 11th year in a row, with 5,906,716 visitors.

Moving to second place was Tate Modern with 5,656,004 visitors.

In third place was the National Gallery with 5,229,192 visitors.

The Natural History Museum remained in fourth place with 4,434,520 visits.

The V&A moved up 3 places to fifth with a 26 percent increase in visitors. The museum has a new entrance and courtyard on Exhibition Road and a new gallery space.

Tate Britain saw a 64 percent increase in visitors, moving it from 29th to 15th place.

The Museum of London Docklands saw a 21 percent increase.

Kensington Palace saw a 62.4 percent increase due to an exhibit on Princess Diana. Even Hampton Court Palace had more visitors.

“We know from research that overseas leisure visitors say that their primary reason to visit the U.K. are to experience our history, heritage and world-leading cultural institutions, and this is borne out by 2017 visitor numbers,” said Bernard Donoghue, director of ALVA.

That said, some London attraction saw a decline after five years of growth. Donoghue attributed that most to economic factors but he acknowledged that global security concerns could have played a role. There were also some transportation problems in the city.

He expects tourism to pick up this year as well because of various events.

The Royal Academy of Arts is celebrating its 250th birthday with “Charles I: King & Collector,” which is open until April 15. On May 19, they will unveil a renovation.

To commemorate the centennial of the Royal Air Force, the Royal Air Force Museum London will reopen three of its halls in the summer with new exhibitions.

Scotland’s first design museum, the V&A Dundee, will open on Sept. 15.

Tate St Ives is now re-open and has doubled its size.

Meanwhile, Tate Britain has an exhibition called “All too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life” until Aug. 27. The National Portrait Gallery will have “Michael Jackson: On the Wall” from June 28 to Oct. 21.

“The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Monet & Architecture” will open at the National Gallery on April 9.

The British Museum will host “Rodin and the art of ancient Greece” starting April 26.

And the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Wakehurst will celebrate Easter with “Peter Rabbit” from March 30 to April 15.